While teaching journalism at DePaul University, Marilyn founded Career Strategies to provide workshops and individual counseling to job hunters. Since childhood, Marilyn has had a compelling interest in the world of work. She attended four Richard Bolles’ workshops on life/work planning in 1974 and 1975 and discovered the most important issue for job hunters: focus.

“What do you want to do?” was the killer question. That answered, it was a numbers game. Then came office politics. Once hired, how do you keep the job and advance or segue into a business of your own?

Next came research into demographic trends in the workplace, nationally and globally. How should an individual/company plan for the future? What kinds of people will be available for hire?

Career Strategies Becomes Moats Kennedy, Inc.

In 2000, Career Strategies became Moats Kennedy, Inc. to reflect its expanded mission.

Her training sessions have reached more than 500,000 people. Marilyn is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and holds both Bachelor and Masters degrees.

She is a founding member of the Council of 100 at Northwestern University and a charter member of the Medill School’s Journalism Hall of Fame.

Books by Marilyn Moats Kennedy

The Marilyn Moats Kennedy biography includes six books and dozens of articles. For a list of books, click here.